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TEHRAN, Iran – Just days ahead of a new report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Iran has brought world powers “to their knees” and successfully resisted U.S.-led efforts to get Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment. Ahmadinejad delivered a defiant speech to cheering …

DILI, East Timor – East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was wounded in a pre-dawn attack on his home Monday morning, an army spokesman said. It was unclear what condition Ramos-Horta was in, army spokesman Maj. Domingos da Camara said. A guard was killed in the …

PARIS – The United States and other members of an international financial watchdog called Thursday for new financial pressure on Iran, saying the Islamic regime hasn’t done enough to fight money laundering and financing of terrorism. The Financial Action Task Force, in a statement from its annual meeting in Paris, …